Title: Quarry's Ex
Release: TBA
ISBN: 0-8439-6329-8 (paperback)
Publisher: Hard Case Crime

BECAUSE HOMICIDE
BEGINS AT HOME

Even the enigmatic hit man called Quarry had to start somewhere. And for him that was the day he returned stateside from Nam to find his young wife cheating. He'd killed plenty overseas, so killing her lover was no big deal. And when he was recruited to use his skills as a contract killer, that transition was easy, too. He survived in this jungle as he had in that other one—by expecting trouble.

What he didn't expect was ever running into her again...

Reviews:

Booklist: "Collins remains the quintessential modern-day pulp writer."

Publisher's Weekly: "a perfect piece of sardonic pulp noir."

Pulp Fiction Reviews: "[Collins's] prose falls into place with the deft touch of a contemporary poet, each line awakening a new possibility in how we see the world. Reading Quarry is an education in human psychology taught from the barrel of a silenced automatic."

Somebody Dies: "Quarry's Ex feels as if it were written in 2 or 3 fevered sessions. That's how fast it moves."

Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: "Of all the good things Hard Case Crime has done, reviving this series ranks right up there near the top....[Quarry's Ex] is a pleasure to read. Highly recommended."

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